Well, I've acquired a couple of reprinted Cat-Man comics* and have barely glanced at them yet, but it looks like the change in Kitten (going from preteen girl to fully-grown young woman) took place at about the same time as the comic's artist changed. That makes more sense to me than a simple arbitrary "suddenly she's older and has a bigger chest!" thing--a change in creative team often changes a comic more than you'd expect.
I'm still most interested in the earlier (young Kitten) books, not because I object to older female crimefighting partners for male heroes (heck, the more the merrier!) but because there's something I find interesting in the adult hero/kid sidekick dynamic. Possibly the inequality in the relationship (who tends to get kidnapped, who tends to do the saving) is more acceptable when there's a difference in age to underline a difference in experience?
From AC Comics, a company that features new comics starring some Golden Age characters including Cat-Man and Kitten, and also reprints actual comics from the 40s and 50s.
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